nd as  to find my fatoo, someo speak to o to come and speak to Lyra and to ill. Ask them...”

    But suddenly ts all turned and fled, even ttered by a sudden gust of  ty, and ts of rotten stink, battering hose raucous screams, jeering, mocking, cackling, deriding.

    Lyra so t once, covering ialys and Salmakia skimming to t, and  or to c ting insects, and ing, scoffing   s; but part of e cold and separate, ting, observing. None of ted to come anywhe knife.

    to see  migo sending to skim just over his head. her

    clumsily, and s made turn.  and slashe knife.

    By time t to attack, but ill called: quot;tialys! Come o my ;

    t;atc t ake  t to touc all. e can ignore t;

    Lyra looked up, ures fle or so a t t moment. tle, and to dart t t.

    And it  on ts, too: seeing ill standing unafraid and uno drift back toravelers. tciously, but for all t, trong beats, oo muco resist.

    Lyra stood up to join ill. rickling down  s aside.

    quot;ill,quot; s;Im so glad ;

    one in   s s ready to speak of it yet.

    o sood.

    t girl said, quot;t;

    And bot trangest sensation, as if little g ugging at to make them follow.

    So t off across t great desolate plain, and t t tance, and tch.

    As ts talked to them.

    quot;Excuse me,quot; said one g girl, quot;but ;

    Lyra ead.

    quot;e left our daemons outside,quot; ; ter. Did you ;

    quot;Yes,quot; said t, quot;;

    quot;And tled?quot; said Lyra.

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